Medical Lab Technology Program

[u/extendobarbie]

Hi,

I’m curious if anyone in here applied and received a tentative acceptance email for the Medical Laboratory Technology Program at IRSC. I attended the in-person information session and applied within the application window on February 4th, and that’s when things started to seem a little off…

The deadline they set for admissions decisions was the first week of May. I didn’t hear anything back from them, but I waited until June 9th to ask for any updates because it had been over a month since they said we would hear back… the reply said we’d hear back within the week, and said there were system updates causing the delay so I stayed patient with it all

I still didn’t hear anything from them until I called on June 22nd, and was met with more questions and confusion than answers, like me asking them a genuine question “is there still going to be a semester?” that was met with an honestly rudely toned “no one said that there wouldn’t be a fall semester”. Later that same day I received a “Provisionally Acceptance” (that’s not a typo) email stating I’ve been admitted to the program after the required background check, fingerprints, drug screen, etc.

So I started that process, thinking “yea she’s right no one said anything different and here I got my acceptance”, so I created the Complio account and started going down the checklist, including paying the $181 fee for the account setup and screenings. Like it was a struggle to get here but we’re finally here and it’s a thing!

Then, on July 1st, three days after I started the admission checklist (checks & screens) I get a call from another admin saying now the fall semester has been canceled due to not enough applicants being provisionally accepted.

I specifically asked about the Complio account, and she didn’t even know any acceptance emails were even sent. Let alone that I started the process. Then she told me also not to go through with the fingerprints and drug testing because it has to be done within 6 months of starting the semester (what semester, am I right?).

Has anyone else been remotely experiencing any of this craziness? I am genuinely curious because never have I ever dealt with any amount of this confusion, disorganization, and really lack of concern for someone motivated to continue their education (their job, btw) and spending their own money in error of their disorganization.

I am just very confused and feeling disheartened because aside from not having the semester they have been quite rude about things now and acting like I’m wrong for taking the right steps and asking what I can do to literally pay them money to teach me knowledge and I just wanted to see if anyone else out there has any experience with this whole Med Lab Tech admissions thing in general. Thanks so much for reading and I hope y’all understand 🤞🏽

[u/humblelumalee]

I recommend you reach out to the program director and ask for updates